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"//signed//" Doesn't Cut It

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 04.30.08

A claim certification was invalid, and the ASBCA had no jurisdiction to decide the case, when the contractor's president submitted it by email and simply typed "//signed//" above his name. The Board in Teknocraft Inc. (Apr. 3, 2008) acknowledged that both the contractor and the government had used the typed designation "//signed//" in their emails during performance, but held that "//signed//" was not a "discrete, verifiable symbol of an individual" and constituted an "incurable defect" in the certification.

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On 30 December 2025, the Belgian Official Gazette published the Act of 19 December 2025 implementing a strengthened return-to-work policy in case of work incapacity, and the Royal Decree of 17 December 2025 amending the Code of Well-being at Work, commonly referred to as "Reintegration Trajectory 3.0"....